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A- WEEKLY Volume XXV. Number 20. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 16, 1958. 5 Cents Per Copy. r ) .'f -m! ;,. Propsrty By Tovn vners ? Acting . on' 'a petition . pre- - serited by affected property owners, the Hertford Town : Board, during its meeting Mon day night, incorporated into the town a tract of land lying ad jacent to Charles ' and : Grubb streets at the west edge of the town limits. 1 Incorporated into " the town was five . home ' sites and 12 building lots and the Perquim ans County Health Center.; The petition presented by the jprop ' erty owners requested inclusion - into the corporate limits of the town upon condition the town will carry out a drainage, sys tem for the area and curb the west side of Charles street and ' the south side of Grubb street, adjoining the new town line. ' The - annexation petition also provides the town will furnish . the 'area with all services now "available to other ! residents of the town. ' The action by the Board of Commissioners became effective with the adoption of the petition during ' the meeting of the Board.. ' The Commissioners also went on record favoring a change in! . the zoning ordinance providing (that property owned by Mrs.'C.i E. Cannon ,and situated near the - corner of West Academy street, on Market street, being rezoned from residential to business. Part of this property is now : zoned for business and the own- ing zoned as a unit. , , On motion adopted the Board granted a conditional deed to the Perquimans Library for the land end building how occupied by the library. Under the pterins of the deed the property reverts ; cation, ijhe ,even the site is . iod of three, years. -yt-y'z': ;,' ' Board plans are "Being formu lated for thei insallatiptf Of ' a '1 new; jvate ,welUigand if is ) now' believed "contracts5 for the work will be offered metime i t around the! firsth-l '--The town' has an option on , a land Bite for the well and also a right of way for laying pipe from the - well into the town plant. '. ;.'; fcpYouthfcld Fcr Sprier Court A 15-year-old ; Negro,; James Riddick, is being held in Per quimans jail awaiting action by , the grand jury . at , the October i term of . Superior,. Court on a series of. charges of breaking . 'iand entering and burglary. .. Riddick " was taken into . cua- )ody by Sheriff J. K. White last - Monday after; the sheriff had 'i conducted' an ' investigation of robberies at the White Grocery, Fied's Grocery and Winfall Ser h vice Station on the night of ' May 6. ' Sheriff White reported he also followed up information on the burglary rat the Ocia Whitehurst home in Winfall on v the same night. ' s . - , Riddick. according to Sheriff White, admitted he committed all of the offenses and that he " took a small amount of merchan " disd and money from the stores and later broke into the White- hurst home, but got scared when he heard Ooift 'Whitehurst call ,for her brother, t, ,. ' The ydung defeiidant waived .... preliminary hearing in Perquimr Bns ' Jtwcvruei v" v" j i morning ; and Judge Chas.,, E. " Johnson announced, with the consent Of the District Solicitor, 'W he Bet a bond of $2,000 for .the youth. Perquimans FFA mbers of the Perquimans ter of ' the Future Farmers America entertained their i aid other special guests at barbecue chicken 1' h school last .'! -150 .rr Annexed Board On lE&tiioii Ccity&fcdi $1D2,t:3ForUse Stream Claerencc The Federal Civil Defense Ad ministration has approved $102,- 000 for streamclearance projects in Perquintans County J hit N by hurricanes in 1055, it was an nounced from Raleigh last ; Fri day. The funds will be used to cov er cost of clearing the . streams which were clogged by debris during the hurricanes. Perquim ans County officials made 'appli cation for the funds two years ago and the allocation was made fol lowing investigation by the Army Corps of Engineers, which now has charge of such programs. v All projects submitted by coun ty officials were not approved but allocation of funds was approv ed for the following: Bright's Millpond $30,000, Sutton's Swamp, $8,000, Bear Swamp $35,000, Yeo pirn Creek $5,000, and Perquim ans River $15,000. ' It is understood, all contracts for clearing the local rivers and swamps will be carried out under the direction and supervision of the Army cirps of Engineers. All Perquimans residents : in terested in the organization of a County Historical Society are re quested, to attend a meeting to be held JftCSquliaans High School on Sunday morning,' May 25, at 9:30 o'clock, i,:',';. For a number of years there hai beeri'much talk concerning' the formation of a historical sa.4 MeetingCoadTo Organize Socisty ciety in Perquimans, the purposwfW tjiis. district. t s of which will be to preserve and develop historical data' of and for the people of the county, 'but up to now little effort has been ex pended toward the actual organi v. Continued on Pag Eight , Saturday Last Day To Register W. A. White, chairman of the Perquimans Board of Elections, today reminded voters Saturday will be the final day for regis tration for the primary election to be held May 31. Persons al ready listed on the registration books 'need not register again to be eligible to vote in the elec tion, but. individuals not regis tered .or who have -moved from one precinct to another since , the last election must register in the proper precinctjin order, to vote in the election. . i ' roves Gouhty .. The Pprquimans Board of .Edu cation, meeting in regular session on Wednesday night of last Week, approved the list of county school teachers as elected by the school cbmmtteer.,Th0 board also adopt-, ed a budget for the 1058-59 fiscal year calling for , expenditures from county, funds amounting to $33,809. ; , . X'i -rA ' The board authorized the coun ty superintendent, J. T. Biggers, to, have a complete inspection of the electrical system of the ven tral Grammar School. aimed at providing immediate safety at this building. - ; : I v Approved also was the estab lishment of a driver's education program in the schools during the coming year. Date for opening the fall term was set for Sep tTiber 3. Teachers -approved for the c ry s ' ,vr next year Ediicat App A!bmal3Leape Organized To Play !l a After several . weeks of inde cision, the Albemarle semi-pro baseball . league was organized for ' the coming season ' at a meeting held in Hertford' on Monday night. The meeting, called by T. P. Forehand, president of the league, was attended by repre sentatives from Edenton, Hert ford, Elizabeth City and Cam- tuck. ' These four teams will comprise the league : this year and each team will play four games each week; two at home and two away.": -Following the decision to op erate the league this summer, a number of Hertford fans got to gether and elected Ralph Jor dan as president of the local club. He has called a meeting of local fans and players for Fri day night, at which time the Perquimans club will be organ ized and players accepted for the team. (Jordan announced the first practice session for the team will be held Sunday afternoon at' the high sphool field and all players . interested in playing for the Indians this summer are in vited to attend the practice. A schedule for the league is now being prepared and play is expected to get under' way about the first week in June. "' Jordan urges r all fans and players interested in fielding a Rood team here to attend the meeting here Friday night, which will be held in the Court House starting at 8 o'clock. Drivers' Rocdeo Atr.!eStrip ti The third annual roadeo for student school bus drivers, con ducted under the auspices of the Governor's, Traffic Safety Coun cil -will be held in this district at Maple Air Strip on May 20, starting at S A. M, it was re ported by Mrs. Alice E. Futrell, chaver education 'representative Scholarship awards amounting jtaf,) $MQ$ -are ' offered in the State-wide contest andi district winners will be elicible for $100'wnose explorer rating is appren Scholarships. District winners will compete for the State cham pionships at Chapel Hill. Those who , will represent Perquimans County in the roadeo will be Janice Chappell and Roy Chappell from Perquim ans High School 'and Chester Mallory from Perquimans Union School, f PIANO RECITAL The piano - students of Mrs. R. Ralph White will present a music recital Tuesday night, May 20, at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the Hertford Grammar School, and on Thursday, May 22, at 8 o'clock' a.; program will be pre sented ' at' Perquimans County Grammar School. )The public is cordially invited to attend. ion Board List Of Teachers beth Skipsey, Mrs. Annie E. Jes- sup, Mrs. Hannah Holmes, Isaac Perry, Annette , Copley, Mrs. Kathleen Brickhouse, Mrs. Clara BoswelL r Mrs, Joann . Stallings, Mrs.,Dorothy. Barbee, Miss Fran ces Newby, J. L, Tunnell, Mrs. Anniebelle Whitley, Mrs; Blanche Dillon, Joseph A.. Williams. ? -Central Grammar School: Thomas Maston, principal; Miss Johnnie White, ' Mrs. Myrtle Wood, Mrs. Helen Winslow, Mrs, Julia Stokes, Mrs. Lucile White, Mrs. Bertha- Lane,, Mrs. Eugenia Beck, Mrs. Ruth Burden, Mrs. Janet Weathersby, Mrs. Lessie Winslow, Mrs.. 'Elizabeth Burton, Mrs; Atha Tunnell, Mrs. Mary C. White. ; ' , . Hertford Grammar School: Miss Thelma ' Elliott, principal; Mrs. Grace Costen, Miss Mary Sum - ner.Miss Gladys Felton,, Mrs. Ira Fure. gtfi-s. Annie Williams, Mrs., ' , ; -. '-3 r.sci il .il'i ARMED FORCES DAY 1 958. After being airlifted to the site by helicopters, U. S. MariaM deploy with rocket raunckert, light machine guns, and riflet In an enaurt demonstroHon. Merino Corp inttalla tiont will hold "open heate" at which tha public may tee the men and equipment that provide security for tha Notion and POWER FOR PEACE. Scouts Hold Court Of Awards Monday Explorer Boy Scout Troop No. 155-of Hertford held a Court of Awards Monday night in which the Explorer Scouts were paid recognition for their achievements. ' Senior crew leader Larry Willis presided over the session and led in the pledge of the flag. The court was held at the Agriculture Building in , ; the presence of invited parents and guests: ; ...:. Explorer Larry .Williams and assistant ' advisor Howard Felton are to receive Eagle awards on June 1 at a special program at Hertford Methodist Church? dur- ingiregular- services it' was"an- nounced by Post advisor John Beers. He also said that Frank lin McGoogan will receive the God and Country award at the same time. , . Those .receiving awards Mon day . night;'. asresented by Joe tunnell, include ? McGoogan, . Ro- lahd Tripp and Charles Barker, tice . Explorer; Allan aonner, whose rating is navigation; Guy McCracken, whose rating is vo cational , and physical . fitness; Carlyle Woodard, who received merit badges in nature and fire manship. Howard Felton, merit badges in public speaking, firemanship, citizenship of the home, citizen ship of the community, citizen ship of , the nation, swimming, life saving, wildlife management, cooking and camping; Larry Willis, Explorer rating of out door rating and merit badges for nature, public health, read ing, wood carving and life sav ing.. : ' . Dean Britt, ' Explorer rating bronze award and physical fit- ness and merit badges in ath letics, art, electricity, "public speaking and firemanship, and Billy Willis, Explorer rating of apprentice Explorer and merit badges in first aid. Guests include Archie T. Lane, chairman of the Per quimans County Board of Coun ty Commissioners and institu tional representative of Explor er Post No. 155;. Frank. McGoog an, member of the r Explorer Leaders' Council, and Joe Tun nell, president of the Hertford Lions Cilub, sponsor of the Post fcycess Instil OfficersjMP.M. f Aew gate of 'ofiicerVfor the Hertford')' JunW iChatwber of Commerce were installed at a dinner meeting held at the Hert ford Grammar School cafeteria last Wednesday night. , Installed as officers for the coming year were JCeith Haskett, president; John Beers,; vice presi dent; Carl Woodard, secretary! D. A. Carver, treasurer; Jarvig Hen- . ry, State Director; Fancis Nixon, Ealie Goodwin and Charles Skin- iner, Jr., directors, i ' ! ? :v, 1 Following ,the:dinner andnln stallation of ,ofIicer8-.the Jiiyeees ari their gu? enjoyed a social ho r at the VFW hall. - Bids Coming Up Invitations for bids for a fourth project at Harvey Point, to be received on May 20 and May 27, was announced this week by the Navy Department. On May 27 the Navy's Fifth District office will receive bids for construction of a boat house and operations building, with es timated costs set at about $450, 000. Bids on some $3.5 million for other . projects will also be received on the above dates. Ralph Hall, chief inspector at Harvey Point, reported Tuesday the Dunn Construction Company is expected to start ' work on a Public Works building within 10 days and at present some 125 individuals are employed at the base. ' Scheduled Sunday The 33rd annual commence ment at Perquimans High School will get under way next Sunday night, starting at eight o'clock when the baccalaureate sermon will be delivered in the school auditorium. Invocation will be given by the Rev. James O. Mattox, pas tor of the Hertford Baptist Church, followed by prayer by the Rev. Max Dulin, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church. The school glee club will then sing "Balm In Gilead" and "Go to Dark Gethsemane." - The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Earl Redding, pastor of Piney Woods Friends. ' i Johnny Phillips will then sing "You'll Never Walk Alone," to be followed by benediction by Mr. Mattox. The second exercise of the program will be conducted on Tuesday, May, 27, when the members of the graduating class will hold their annual Class Night program. Commencement exercises will be : concluded on Wednesday night, May 28. Marshals for the program will be Ray Winslow, chief, Letitia McGoogan, Beverly ' Tucker, Pauline Baccus, iKatherlne Saw yer, Linda Bass, Katherine Bonner, Paula Stoltz and Bren- da Smith., Mass Chest X-ray Survey Is Pending The District Health Department announces that the health 'district will have an opportunity to have a mass rhpst X-rav nurvev from!d'ans 'n April 4-May 1, 1959, using two mobile X-ray units for the period of 20 days. inignt. ,xne second game or we ? This will depend on a compara-series will be played Thursday tively small appropriation from!nd the deciding contest will be the four counties to pay-Jor post- played Friday, age, clerkg and other incidentals! In defeating Edenton the In to -connectidn . with the survey. ! clians fled for v the Albemarle Further announcement concern- Conference title vwith Tarboro, ing"the " survey will "be madd la ter. CountyMotorcade To Campaign For The Perquimans County Citi zens' Committee for Better Schools met Saturday night in the Court House for the purpose of discussing plans for the school vote in connection with the May 31 primary. ' ,; During the discussion it was pointed out that some people do not realize the necessity for a vote of the people to spend county tax money on schools. The law specifically states that the County Commissioners may not use tax money for "extras" in schools. Therefore, no matter how much tax money was avail able for schools, it could not be used to pay an additional teach er, for instance. No matter how much an extra . teacher was needed he or she could not be paid from tax money without a vote of the people. Also, the committee decided to remind voters that the re quest is for a maximum of 30 cents per $100 valuation and that should the request be grant ed, the Board of Education would not even approach this amount in its requests for some time, if ever. Next year, should the vote be favorable, only a small amount would be asked for. The tax would be set to cover this small request. Each year the tax would be fixed to meet the urgent, need. Taxes would not be set and then spent; the spe cific need would be stated and the County Commissioners would presumably set the rate to cover the defined need. Plans were made for a motor cade to cover the main roads of the county on Friday, May 30, to remind voters to go to the polls the next day. The committee requests any person so wishing to join this motorcade to start at the Hertford Grammar School at 11:30 May 30. The next meeting of the com mittee was set for Saturday night, May 24, at 7:30 at the Perquimans County Court House. VFW Installs New Officers For Post The Garland H. Ownley Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars held installation of officers on Friday night, May 9, at the Ppst home. Approximately 40 members, wives and guests were present for the occasion. Miss Betty Brown presented a pantomine which was enjoyed by all. Past Post Commander Jay Dil lon was the installing officer. New Officers assuming duties Tirana TTanru P Stnlroc Jr fnm. mander; Emmett Landing, vice commander; Harry Hollowell, junior vice commander; Emory White, quartermaster; Broughton Dail, adjutant; Jarvis Ward, chap lain; C. C. Banks, trustee and welfare officer. Perquimans Gains PlaOff Berth By Defeating The Perquimans Indians were eliminated from the State play offs Tuesday night when Gates ville won a 1-0 decision over the Indians in a : "sudden death" series played in Hertford. Gates ville scored the winning run in the seventh inning. ' ; Parkef ' Chesson pitched the Perquimans Indians to a 4-1 vie-1 tory over'1 the Edenton. Aces' here last Friday night, thereby placing the Indians in the State elimination ; play-offs for the Class A baseball title. , . First opponents for the In- the play-off will be Gatesville, with a three game Series which opened Tuesday - both teams closing out the sea- son "with a 7-3 record, . Tarboro Defendants Waive Hearing O Of Store Names Officers And Committees At a meeting of the board of directors of the Pasquotank Perquimans - Camden Tuberculo. sis Association held last Thurs day, the following slate of of ficers were elected; Mrs. David Fearing, president; Dr. William Wassink, vice president; Edward Davenport, secretary and Dennis Morgan, treasurer. New members of the board are Mrs. Donald Pugh, Mrs. Tommy Temple, Pasquotank; Mrs. Charles Payne, Perquin.ans, and E. W. Spence, Camden. The executive members are Dr. A. B. Bonner, Dr.. J. H. Bonner, Everett Bur gess, Roy Chappell, Archie Lane, J. H. Moore, C. C. Meiggs and Paul Penny and R. L. Garrett, representative director. Dennis Morgan who audited the books of the association, re ported them in splendid condi tion. R. L. Garrett presented the budget for 1958-1959 as recommended by the executive committee, a total of $6,632.89. The highlight of the meeting was a program based on the five objectives of the TB Asso ciation and its activities, namely Christmas Seals, Health Educa tion, Case Finding, Rehabilita tion and Research. Mrs. Vernon James was narrator of the panel. Mrs. Fearing reported a total of $8,003.15 was realized from Christina) Seal? from the three counties, to toe used 'to carry the work forward year by year. For 1957, in case finding, Mrs, Donald Pugh reported one death in three counties, 11 new cases, 22 in some TB hospital and 28 home on drugs. A total of 535 students were tuberculin tested and 3,613 chest X-rays made in the two Health Departments. The following committees were appointed: Health Education, Mrs. T. P. Brinn and Mrs. C. P. . Morris, Perquimans; Mrs. Victor Finck, Mrs. Fred Haney, Pasquotank; Mrs. Cecil Foster, Mrs. B. C. Cuthrcll, Camden. Rehabilita tion, .Mrs. D. M. Jackson, Mrs Russell Baker, Mrs. M. B. Tay lor for Perquimans; Francis Griffin, Mrs. Lucien Morrisette t MrS. Sadie Griffin, Pasquotank; Mrs. Vincent Leary, Camden. Telephone Committee, Mrs. T. P. Brinri, Mrs. Charles Payne, Perquimans. Social, Mrs, Victor Finck, Mrs. Cecil Foster, Mrs. Earl Perry and Mrs. Howard Whaley. eliminated Williamston Friday afternoon. Chesson fanned 10 Edenton batters and gave up three hits and one walk while his team mates collected six hits off l Edenton' ' pitcher, ' Harrell, along with two walks to score four runs. Trueblood singled in the first, stole second and came home when Welly White hit a single and then went to third on an error. : White scored later on a fielder's choice. : One . hit - and one error by Perquimans ac counted for the Edenton score in the second inning. Neither team scratched in the third and fourth, but Perquimans scored two more runs in the fifth on hits by Nixon and Wheeler, and two errors by the Aces. Trueblood had a single and triple, ' while Wheeler collected two singles to lead the Perquim ans batting. White andNixorf each had singles. Edenton n e Robbery Charg Four Negro youths, William i Grimes, Bennie Bonds, Maurice Rowe and James Watson, all of Norfolk, waived . preliminary hearings in Perquimans Record er's Court here Tuesday ; on charges of breaking and enter ing the Ronald Bateman store t Woodville on the night of. May 4 and also stealing a large amount of merchandise and cash. The defendants were bound over to the Superior Court for action by the grand jury at the Oc-, tober term of court. Other cases disposed of by. the court at this week's session in cluded those of Dennis Jones, William Modlin and Cecil Grazze, Negroes, each of whom paid the court costs after pleading guilty to charges of cnving trucks exceeding the height limits. Submitting to charges of speeding, Alphonzo Dail, Jr.. paid a fine of $10 and costs and liobert Spruill, W.. L. Daley. William Hobbs, James Dubose and Willie Bunhame each paid the costs of court. The state took a nol pros in the cases in which Curtis Moore and William Smith. Neeroes. were charged with using im proper car registrations. Royer Meekins and Arthur Bateman each paid the costs of court after submitting to charges of failing to yield the right of way. Charlie Mullen, Negro, was ordered to pay the court costs after pleading guilty to a charge of driving on the left side of a.' highway, ; William Moody Haskett and Charles Kilpatrick entered pieas of guilty to charges of driving drunk and each was ordered to Continued on Page Eight . County Democrats Perquimans High The Democratic Party in Per quimans County was reorganized for the coming two years at a county convention held last Sat urday afternoon in the Court House in Hertford and delegates' named to the State Convention; in Raleigh this week. On motion duly adopted all officers and committeemen were re-elected at the County Con vention and all Democrats in good standing were named as delegates to the State Conven tion if they desired to attend. Heading up the county com mittee will be W. F. Ainsley, chairman; Mrs. Irene P. Towe, vice chairman; Max Campbell, secretary. Precinct chairmen are Charles E. White, Bethel; Joe H. Towe, Hertford; G. W. Jackson, Parkville; W, E. Dail, New Hope; C. C. Chappell, Sr., Belvidere and R. M. Baker, Ni canor. v . Named to the State Executive Committee were J. Emmett Winslow, Congressional Execu tive Committee; W. F. Ainsley, J. H. Towe, Judicial Committee; C. R. Holmes, W. G. Fdwards; State Senatorial Committee, W. H. Pitt; Solicitorial District Committee, Charles Johnson and S. M. Whedbee. Lions Governor Speaker For Rotary , Robert Langley, District Gov ernor of Lions International, Dis trict 31-J, will be the guest speak er at the 19th Anniversary party and ladies' night to be observed by the Hertford Lions Club at the Hotel Hertford on Friday night, May 16, at 7 1 o'clock; Langley will be introduced by Deputy Governor Phil Sawyer of Eliza beth City. New officers for the local Lions Club were 'announced this Week as follows: Claude Brinn, presi dent; Russell Willis, first vice president; Louis Tarkington, sec ond vice president; John E:r" secretary-treasurer) R. R, .T. . tail twister; J. T. LaneLI t er, and directors will ts T. P. I rum, A. T. Lane, Charles I" and J. T. Lane.